'Selling SIM cards at liquor shops is taxable'

BANGALORE: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has submitted in the Karnataka High Court that promoting SIM cards and soft drinks through display boards at wine shops comes under the
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BANGALORE: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has submitted in the Karnataka High Court that promoting SIM cards and soft drinks through display boards at wine shops comes under the purview of the Advertisement Tax.

While challenging the single bench order on June 30, 2009, the Advocate General argued before the division bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar that displaying promotional boards of brands at provision shops, liquor shops and other retail shops came under the purview of Advertisement Tax, and that companies had to pay Advertisement Tax to display such boards.

While issuing notice to the respondents, the chief justice observed that customers were not going to wine shops to buy SIM cards.

The AG submitted that nearly 633 shops in the city were promoting mobile SIM cards and other products through display broads in the shops and under the provisions of KMC Act. He said though trade was allowed up to a certain extent, the respondents were taking shelter under this Act.

While citing the Madras High Court judgment, the single judge had allowed the petitions of Coco Cola and Hutchinson Essar companies' petition. Now, the BBMP has challenged the single judge order in which Bharati Airtel is the respondent.

No rearing pigs in residential area

The division bench of the High Court dismissed the writ appeal seeking permission to run a pig farm in a residential area at Kottara in Mangalore.

The bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar dismissed the petition of Clifered Fernandis of Mangalore, who filed the application for an extension of his license on February 21. The government had however, disallowed his application to run a pig farm at his residence.

The single judge bench had dismissed the petition and challenged the single judge order before the division bench.

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